Comments on: Coffee or Tea? Cannoli, that is.

By: Mary Floridia-Rankin

Mary Floridia-Rankin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +0000

I just want you to know that I do make my own cannoli and have for the past 40 years. My aunt and grandmother made them…I still have their cannoli recipe…but the one I use is from my former landlady. She showed me how to make the ricotta filling and also the pudding filling with the vanilla and chocolate. The Italian bakery shops west of Boston used to make a cannoli with half vanilla and half chocolate pudding filling….yummy. However, my favorite has been the ricotta filling. My daughter and I even sold them a few years ago at a farmers’ market in an east bay community of San Francisco.
Everyone loved them. They were a big hit. We made lemon, hazelnut cookie-flavored and vanilla-flavored cannoli. Matter of fact, I would give them out to my neighbors for a Christmas gift every Christmas.

These delicious, lucious confections are not relics as you seem to think they are. Everyone looks forward to them when I make them. Also, I figured the ones I made came to about 200 calories a piece. That includes the filling. I deep-fried them in olive oil and that added a delicious flavor to them.

I also like to bake but am not anywhere near as good and imaginative as you are. Wish I were!

By: Mrs Ergül

Mrs Ergül — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:35:02 +0000

I made up a batch for the challenge too. Fried them up before realizing I haven’t rolled hem thin enough. I ended up not posting about them at all… Yours look great!

By: Gala

Gala — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:28:21 +0000

Great idea using coffee and tea as flavoring!

By: Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes)

Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:24:02 +0000

Great pictures! Thanks for the tutorial! Your cannoli look amazing. They don’t have that warty look that I’ve seen so many others get. Is there any way to avoid it??

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:51:13 +0000

Your cannoli are fabulous. Awesome pics too!

Natalie @ Gluten a Go Go